Title :
Soft-switching push-pull converter associated with a full-bridge inverter for caprahircas stunning applications
Author :
Tseng, S.-Y. ; Wu, T.-F. ; Chen, S.-S.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Chien Kuo Technol. Univ., Changhua, Taiwan
Abstract :
This paper presents a novel soft-switching push-pull converter associated with a full-bridge inverter for caprahircas stunning applications. The soft-switching converter is formed by introducing coupled inductors to a conventional push-pull converter, which can achieve zero-voltage switching at turn-on transition. Compared with the conventional push-pull converter, the proposed converter can raise efficiency of 11% under full load condition. In the paper, mechanism of caprahircas stunning is first reviewed and then, the desired stunning voltage waveforms and parameter auto-tuning algorithm are proposed. Performance measurements from a prototype have verified the parameter auto-tunning algorithm and feasibility of the overall system design. Coma effectiveness and meat quality of caprahircas have been also verified by brain waves and carcass quality analysis.
Keywords :
farming; invertors; switching convertors; zero voltage switching; brain waves; caprahircas stunning; carcass quality analysis; coma effectiveness; full-bridge inverter; meat quality; parameter auto-tuning algorithm; performance measurements; push-pull converter; soft-switching converter; stunning voltage waveforms; zero-voltage switching; Agriculture; Batteries; Circuits; DC-DC power converters; Impedance; Inductors; Inverters; Skin; Switching converters; Zero voltage switching;
Conference_Titel :
Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition, 2006. APEC '06. Twenty-First Annual IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9547-6
DOI :
10.1109/APEC.2006.1620742
